Alec Astle Explained

Alec Astle
Fullname:Alec Morrison Astle
Birth Date:5 August 1949
Family:Todd Astle (son)
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right arm medium-fast
Year1:1973–1978
Columns:2
Matches1:2
Runs1:4
Bat Avg1:
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:4*
Deliveries1:120
Wickets1:0
Bowl Avg1:0
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:
Catches/Stumpings1:1/–
Matches2:1
Runs2:0
Bat Avg2:0
100S/50S2:0/0
Top Score2:0
Deliveries2:56
Wickets2:1
Bowl Avg2:16
Fivefor2:0
Tenfor2:n/a
Best Bowling2:1/16
Catches/Stumpings2:0/–
Date:16 February
Year:2010
Source:http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/36269.html Cricinfo

Alec Morrison Astle (born 5 August 1949) is a former New Zealand cricketer, schoolteacher and cricket administrator.

Life and career

Astle was born in Feilding. He is the father of Todd Astle. He played two first-class matches for the Central Districts in the 1978–79 season. He also played for Manawatu in the Hawke Cup.

Astle was a long-serving and influential staff member, cricket coach and Deputy Rector of Palmerston North Boys' High School, where he taught for 24 years. After that, he served as national development manager for New Zealand Cricket in Christchurch for more than 10 years.[1] He then worked for Spark as a community sport manager. While in Christchurch he served as President of the Christchurch Metro Cricket Association, and in recognition of his service he received a Lifetime Service Award at the 2019 Sport Canterbury Awards.[2]

He was awarded a master's degree in 1975 and a PhD from Massey University in 2015, writing his doctoral thesis on the importance of the grassroots level of cricket.[3] [4] [5] He is the co-author of Sport Development in Action: Plan, Programme and Practice (2018), a textbook on the development of sport in communities and schools.[6] With fellow Central Districts and Manawatū player Murray Brown, Astle wrote 125 Not Out, the official history of the Manawatū Cricket Association, in 2021.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Quiet revolution underway in New Zealand cricket. McConnell, Lynn. 2003-08-06.
  2. Web site: Alec Astle Recognised for Service . Christchurch Metro Cricket . 23 January 2021.
  3. Astle . Alec . 2014 . Doctoral thesis . Sport development - plan, programme and practice : a case study of the planned intervention by New Zealand cricket into cricket in New Zealand . Massey Research Online, Massey University . 10179/6619 .
  4. Astle . Alec . 1975 . Masters thesis . An evaluation and application of the minimum requirements method of economic base analysis to the delineation of the functional structure of New Zealand urban places, 1971 . Massey Research Online, Massey University . 10179/12325 .
  5. News: Wilkie. Kelsey. Alec Astle, Jacob Oram take stage at Massey graduation. 23 January 2021 . Manawatū Standard . Stuff . 12 May 2015.
  6. Web site: Sport Development in Action . Routledge . 23 January 2021.
  7. News: Lampp . Peter . Manawatū cricket history recorded in new book . 23 January 2021 . Manawatū Standard . Stuff . 20 January 2021.